John brady



No. 609,407. Patented Aug. 23, |898.

J. BRADY.

ELEVATED RAILWAY.

(Application tiled Oct. 16, 1897.) N o M o d el.)

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ELEVATED 1 RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,407, dated August 23,' 1898.

Application led October 16, 1897. Serial No. 655,404.V (No model.) i

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BRADY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, (Blackwells Island,) county of New` speciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart thereof, in which similar letters and numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to improvements in elevated or overhead railways and railwaycars; and the object thereof is to provide a structure adapted to take up but small space in the width of a street or road and at the same time carry a double line of cars, one above the other.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a section of my improved railway, and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation taken on a line a, of Fig. 1.

In the practice of my invention I mount a doublefseries of longitudinal angle-iron supports A on uprights B, these said uprights being of any suitable or adapted form and being strengthened by braces b and cross-beams B. To further strengthen the structure, an.- gle-iron braces b are placed beneath the longitudinal supports A. Resting upon the sup` ports A is a series of cross-ties C, supporting longitudinal traction-rails D, upon which the car l is adapted to run.

The longitudinal rails or supports A are supplied interiorly with projected arms d, and these said arms carry traction-rails D', upon which the car is carried when it is used in its suspended position.

The cars 1 are provided, respectively, with double sets of trucks 2 and 3, the trucks 2 being mounted upon the bottom of the car and the trucks 3 on the top thereof. To these trucks are secured by any suitable and adapted means traction wheels 4s and 5. The wheels e are adapted for engagement with the rails D and the wheels 5 for engagement with the rails D.` i

At suitable intervals along the length of the railwaystations are placed adapted for communication with the cars.` These stations comprise, respectively, an upper platform E and a lower platform E', the upper platform being on a line with the car when it is running upon the upper rail and the lower platform on a line therewith when it is running upon the lower rail. These said platforms are reached by means of stairways e and e', and the whole structure is supported by any suitable means, such as uprights e2, e3, and e4.

At theend of the road, or preferably at each end thereof, is placed an elevator or lift F, which is adapted for carrying the cars either in an upward or downward direction, and rails f are placed upon the Iioors of the elevator-car for engagement with the tractionwheels 4 of the railway-cars. The elevatorcar is suspended froma suitable operatingcable G, and it is operated by any suitable and well-known method and guided within a framework H.V

In the operation of this road it is evident that two sets of cars can be run upon the same vertical line one below the other and in opposite directions without in any way interferingwiththe same.- For instance,the upper set of cars may travel in the direction of the arrow 1 and the lower set of cars in the direction of the arrow 2, and one set will be boarded from the upper platform and the other from Athe lower.` It is obvious by this method that it is only necessary to place stairways upon one side of the track, and the stations may alternate 4upon different sides of the track, if desirable. It is also obvious that a double track may be used, whereby four sets of railway-cars are operated within the same width of the street or road as is usually required Vby two.

By theV use of the elevator it will be seen that the car can be transferred from one set of rails to the other at will, whereby they may be alternately suspended fromthe lower rails by means ofv theirltrucks 3 and carried upon the upper rails by means of trucks 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an elevated-railway structure,the combination. of two sets of rails situated one above the other, and double platforms com- IOO municating with stairways leading V to .and from the street, and means for supporting the structure; with elevators located at the ends oi' the road for raising and lowering ears, whereby they may be pla-eed either upon the upper or lower set of traekssubstantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of an elevated-railway structure, comprising an upper and a lower set of rails and double platforms and stairways leading to said structure, and elevators located at each end of the railway; with cars having traction-wheels secured respectively to their top and bottom surfaces, the top set of traction-wheels adapted for engagement with the lower set of rails for suspending the ear and the lower set of traction-wheels adapt ed for engaging the upper set of rails, for supporting the ear, whereby the ear may be alternately supported upon the upper rails or suspended from the lower rails, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I Claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of Octo- 

